Hi! Welcome to the Xenon webpage! Here you will find all of the information you need on the element Xenon. Enjoy! Xenon (Xe) is a very useful and versatile addition to the periodic table of elements. This element is used in a vast variety of fascinating manners. For example, Xenon is now used as a propellant for ion thrusters involved with space travel. This eliminates the risk of explosion due to chemical propulsion. Xenon can also be used medically in imaging or as an anaesthetic. Additionally, you can find Xenon in the production of movie projectors, camera flashes and ultraviolet light! As one can see, Xenon is a very important part of our society's everyday conveniences. General Information and atomic structure -Chemical symbol: Xe -Atomic number: 54 -Atomic Mass: 131.29 amu -number of protons/electrons: 54 -Most common isotope: Xenon 132 -number of neutrons in most common isotope: 78
Physical Properties
-State of matter at room temp: gas -Melting point: -111.79 degrees C -Boiling point: -108.12 degrees C -Density: .005887 grams per cubic cm -Abundance in the earth's crust: 30 parts per trillion by weight, 5 parts per trillion by moles
Background -Discovered by: Sir William Ramsay and Morris M. Travers -Discovered: July 12, 1898 -Origin of name: the Greek word for stranger -Chemical family: noble gas -Common uses: camera flashes, ultraviolet light, propellant for spaceship, and medical purposes
Chemical Properties -Reactants: Xe only reacts with oxygen and fluorine in extreme conditions
Page made by Haley White, Ms. Pav period 5. Works Cited: Gagnon, Steve. "It's Elemental - The Element Xenon." Science Education at Jefferson Lab. Jefferson Lab. Web. 05 Jan. 2012. http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele054.html
Hi! Welcome to the Xenon webpage! Here you will find all of the information you need on the element Xenon. Enjoy!
Xenon (Xe) is a very useful and versatile addition to the periodic table of elements. This element is used in a vast variety of fascinating manners. For example, Xenon is now used as a propellant for ion thrusters involved with space travel. This eliminates the risk of explosion due to chemical propulsion. Xenon can also be used medically in imaging or as an anaesthetic. Additionally, you can find Xenon in the production of movie projectors, camera flashes and ultraviolet light! As one can see, Xenon is a very important part of our society's everyday conveniences.
General Information and atomic structure
-Chemical symbol: Xe
-Atomic number: 54
-Atomic Mass: 131.29 amu
-number of protons/electrons: 54
-Most common isotope: Xenon 132
-number of neutrons in most common isotope: 78
Physical Properties
-State of matter at room temp: gas
-Melting point: -111.79 degrees C
-Boiling point: -108.12 degrees C
-Density: .005887 grams per cubic cm
-Abundance in the earth's crust: 30 parts per trillion by weight, 5 parts per trillion by moles
Background
-Discovered by: Sir William Ramsay and Morris M. Travers
-Discovered: July 12, 1898
-Origin of name: the Greek word for stranger
-Chemical family: noble gas
-Common uses: camera flashes, ultraviolet light, propellant for spaceship, and medical purposes
Chemical Properties
-Reactants: Xe only reacts with oxygen and fluorine in extreme conditions
Gagnon, Steve. "It's Elemental - The Element Xenon." Science Education at Jefferson Lab. Jefferson Lab. Web. 05 Jan. 2012. http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele054.html
"Xenon." Chemicool Periodic Table. Chemicool.com. 24 Feb. 2011. Web. 1/5/2012http://www.chemicool.com/elements/xenon.html.
"What Is Xenon?" The Periodic Table. Web. 05 Jan. 2012.
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"Xenon." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 05 Jan. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenon>.